Weekend TV ratings drop for NBA Finals and Stanley Cup clash

Not surprisingly, Game 2 of the NBA Finals, which saw the Warriors blow out the Cleveland Cavaliers, experienced a drop in TV ratings.

The game, played in Oakland Sunday night, earned an 11.8 overnight rating on ABC. That's down 9 percent from last year's Game 2, which went into overtime. But it's up 16 percent from Game 2 in 2014 between the Heat and the Spurs (12.9).

Sunday's game slipped 10 percent from Thursday's series opener (13.1), the largest drop from Game 1 to Game 2 of an NBA Finals since 2007, when the Cavaliers and Spurs also played in a lopsided second game (7.9 to 6.9 -- 13 percent).

Meanwhile, Saturday's Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final -- an overtime victory for the Sharks -- drew a paltry 1.9 overnight rating on NBCSN.

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That's the lowest number for a Game 3 in the Stanley Cup Final since 2002 (Devils-Kings; 1.4) and tied last Wednesday's Game 2 as the lowest for any game of the Final since the same year.

On an encouraging note, Saturday's Game 3 posted a series-high 6.2 overnight rating in the Bay Area. That's a record for the Sharks on the NBC family of networks, but is dwarfed by the 28.2 rating that the game drew in Pittsburgh,